Anyone removed the Rear Trunk on 2020 RTL & replaced with panel? Miss the storage?

[troop]

Being a 100% solo rider, my thought was to use the top case for trips only and remove for every day, so I did. Then I thought I did buy this bike for touring and put it back on. Too easy to just drop the helmet in, plus the added rear light. Now, I just added a SE luggage rack for appearance. Case is staying on

[safecracker]

I just had my flat panel on for a few days. I like it. Since I have the BRP arm rests on, I just remove them. One bolt per side, easy peasy. Bruce

[vito1943]

Appearance preferences are pretty individual. Personally I like the look of a Spyder without the case. When I bought my Spyder in 2021 I bought the basic RT in part because of looks, and in part because I did not want to spend the additional $4K for the rear trunk and the seat warmer (which I would never use as I hate the feel of an electrically heated seat). But I wanted a passenger backrest for my wife, so I had to purchase the plate as well to mount in on. The one time that I felt that I needed the extra storage I easily bungeed a soft case on to the back plate and was good to go.

[Big F]

funny yu brought this up? I have a 2023RT Limited and purchased the trunk lid (over $200+) and one day decided I wanted to see what it looked like. removed the trunk - put on the lid and rode around town. It looked like I was missing something so took off the lid and put the trunk back on and never looked back.. I always need to throw something in the trunk so I made a bad decision buying the lid..
BIG F